Visit with Santa (December 2010)

We went to see Santa and this was the first year it went better with Nyah.  Usually they don't know what to think about it when they are younger but it went really well with Nyah and Ryker didn't mind a bit.  I'm sure it helped that he had the example of his older sister. :)

He was a great Santa and amazing with the kids.  After, we went on a "hay ride" behind a tractor and the kids liked it although it was a bit chilly.

Me with my eyes half-closed - typical...

Check out those smiles!

Trip to Papa and Kaki's - December 2010

We took a trip to Utah the first part of December for our Christmas trip.  Nyah had a great time playing outside (she would stay outside all day every day if we let her).  Her time outside included time riding the tractor with Papa.  You can tell how much she enjoyed that. :)

Then here are pictures of the kids with Papa. We were able to spend time talking and just hanging out. You can see Ryker was still at the age where he doesn't really get what's going on with pictures.  He's still a cute baby even though he's "zoning out".



Sleeping Angels (Nov. 28 - Dec. 4, 2010)

I just love taking pictures of these sweet sleeping kids. :)  They are so precious and it reminds me how innocent they are!  I love them so much.

AK's Birthday - 2010

So my new goal is a post a week to try to catch up.  I guess we'll see how it goes.  I thought about just posting Halloween for this year and skipping everything in between but I'm going to give catching up a try for a bit.  It was kind of fun to look at these pictures.  I can't believe how much Ryker has changed in the last year.  Kind of sad.... :(

Well here are the pictures of my last birthday.  You can see Ryan made mud pie.  I can't remember the last time I requested anything else.  I try to be predictable in some areas of my life since others just aren't.  And you will have to check out what Ryan is using to light the candles - we wouldn't want to be traditional and use just matches.

Then the last picture you will see that Ryker is a huge fan of mud pie (and ice cream in general).  I guess he has some Pincock blood in him after all. :)

Love these kids and Ryan did a fantastic job on the mud pie!  It was tasty. 

Jumping to Exhaustion - October 2010

I love jumpers and Ryker definitely loved jumping in the jumper as well.  He would just jump, and jump, and jump, and jump. He jumped in circles and any way possible.  He spent many a happy hour in the jumper.  It cracked me up to see he had actually fallen asleep one day he had jumped so much.  Ryan wondered if it was abuse but I don't think so. :)  Look at this face.  It looks like he's traumatized at all.

Halloween 2010

Halloween is definitely more fun for me now that we have kids.  I'm definitely not the creative, let's design an original costume kind of person though.  I want to walk into a store, look at the options, and pick one out. :)  Creativity with this kind of thing has never been my strong suit....  Nyah chose Minnie Mouse and Ryker was a dragon.

What a sweet little girl.

Miss Gail and Nyah (her teacher when she was one).

Miss Jo, Miss Diane and Nyah (her teachers at the time)

AK, Ryker, Miss Vee and Nyah (Ryker's teacher at the time)

Nyah and Miss Alicia (another one of her teachers at the time)

Ryker and Miss Savannah (one of Ryker's teachers)

Cute boy...

Wow, we tried to take pictures for a long time.  Getting these two kids to look in the same direction and smile takes close to a miracle.

Now you can see it really is a dragon costume and not a frog

One of the many attempts...

We finally settled on this one.

I'm sure all kids do this but as soon as a holiday passes, Nyah starts asking me how much longer until it's that holiday again.  From today, 183 more days until Halloween.

Ragnar - October 2010

We decided to go watch Ryan run in the Ragnar in Las Vegas. Both of us running doesn't work so great - especially with two kids now since the race lasts over 24 hours.  Ryan ran in it this time and had a great time.  The kids went and we watched him run. You won't see Ryker in very many pictures because he just hung out in the car most of the time sleeping.  It was a good time though.

The Las Vegas Desert

Nyah striking a pose :)  She was a great sport considering we spent a lot of time in the car.

At this exchange they had just locked the keys in the race van so we were excited to be there in time for Aaron's arrival!

Nyah waiting for a high five from her daddy.

Jana checking out her time.

Aaron getting support from some teammates during his run.

Ryan's turn for some support

Nyah loved playing with the flag under Uncle Aaron's supervision.

Jana getting water from Ryan

Jana running in at the end - she doesn't even look tired. :)

The team - Idaho Couch Potatoes

Nyah smiling and the evidence of what she had been up to...

Sleepy girl - it was a busy trip.

Ryker on the other hand was still wide awake.  Probably because he spent so much time sleeping in the car.

We enjoyed watching them run and were grateful to have the GPS to help us find our way to the different exchange points.  They did a great job and of the races we have participated in, it was the fastest time yet.  I'm sure the participants would agree the races are exhausting but there are always lots of memories!  A few of the memories from the trip would be watching the race itself, watching Jabbawockeez, spending some time on the Strip, them locking the keys in the race van, the zip line by the hotel, renting a hotel without stairs (and being sad Ryan was running as I took trip after trip to our room), some great weather, and lots of driving.

Visit from Great-Grandparents

So in October we had a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Lisby, Grandma and Grandpa Blanken and Dale and Kathy.  It was great to visit with them and have them in our home.  Here are a couple of pictures.  Thanks for coming and creating memories with us for a weekend. :)

Grandma Lisby with Ryker

Grandpa Blanken reading Nyah a book - we love books!

Sweet Kiddos - September 2010

Here are some pictures of the kids (clear back in September).  Nyah adores her little brother and she is a fantastic big sister.  Ryker loves Nyah and is always watching to see what she is doing. It's amazing to look back at these pictures and see how much different they are six months later.

Sweet baby boy

Hanging Out Together



So this picture and the next show how exciting it is trying to get both of them to look at us and smile. :)
Nyah is looking at the camera with a big smile....



And now Ryker is looking with a smile!

Nyah sleeping in a tent



Sweet girl - what an angel



Love this little girlie

 Love these kiddos!